COULD CLOUDS BE THE CULPRIT FOR SOME UFOS?

Subject: COULD CLOUDS BE THE CULPRIT FOR SOME UFOS? Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:41 pm

IN LIGHT OF RECENT ARTICLE I CAME ACROSS, I HAVE BEEN SPURRED TO PUT THIS POST (THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE DONE AWHILE AGO) ON THE FAST TRACKS AND GET IT UP.

CLOUDS. THEY ARE SEEN ALL AROUND THE WORLD EVERYDAY BY NEARLY EVERY MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE AND COME IN AN WIDE ASSORTMENT OF SHAPES, SIZES AND COLORS. MOST CLOUDS ARE KNOWN BY THE THREE BASIC CLASSIFICATIONS WE ALL LEARNED IN SCHOOL (CUMULUS, STRATUS, AND CIRRUS). THESE CLOUDS ARE DISTINCT, WITH EACH HAVING THEIR OWN DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS AND ARE FAIRLY EASY TO RECOGNIZE. AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES WE HAVE ALL PAUSED TO LET OUR IMGINATIONS RUN RAMPANT IN THE CLOUDS, ALLOWING US TO SEE A PLETHERA OF SHAPES AND OBJECTS IN THE THEM (PAREIDOLIA.. http://www.crossingplanes.com/index_files/glossarynop.htm), BUT WHO COULD TRUELY MISTAKE A CLOUD FOR BEING ANYTHING OTHER THAN A CLOUD?

IT MAY BE FAR EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, FOR THERE ARE FAR MORE CLASSIFICATIONS OF CLOUDS OTHER THAN THE THREE THAT HAVE BEEN POUNDED INTO OUR BRAIN. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE FACT THAT MOST OTHER CLOUD FORMATIONS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN OR ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY DEPENDANT IN REGIONS THAT ARE SPARCE IN POPULATION (OFTEN WITH LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURAL PHENOMENA), RARELY DO WE HEAR OF THESE CLOUD FORMATION IN ANY CAPACITY OTHER THAN THEIR PARANORMAL CONNECTIONS, MORE SO, MISTAKEN IDENTITY FOR UFOS.

SO JUST WHAT ARE THESE PECULIAR CLOUD FORMATIONS? WELL, THERE IS ONE PREDOMINATE CLOUD FORMATION THAT COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR A UFO, IT IS THE LENTICULAR CLOUD. THESE PARTICULAR TYPES OF CLOUDS ARE ONLY FORMED IN CONJUCTION WITH MOUNTAIN RANGES, AND THEN ONLY UNDR CERTAIN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THEY ARE NOT COMMONLY SEEN BY THE WORLD POPULATION.

SIMPLY BY LOOKING AT THESE EXAMPLES OF LENTICULAR CLOUDS IT IS EASY TO SEE JUST HOW THE CONFUSION/MISTAKEN IDENTITY IS POSSIBLE.

RECENTLY THERE WAS THE "HALO CLOUD" EFFECT SEEN OVER MOSCOW, AND WHILE IT WAS MISTAKEN FOR A UFO BY MANY, I WOULDNT NECESSARILY CALL IT A CLOUD FORMATION WITH ANY TYPE OF FORMAL NAME. RATHER, IT WAS THE RESULT OF STRANGE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, WEATHER PATTERNS, AND ILLUSIONS FROM THE SUN. FOR MORE READING ON THIS SUBJECT, CHECK OUT THE POST AT THE FOLLOING LINK